Why do churches resist becoming healthy? For the ten years since starting HGC, this question has haunted me. This question has kept me up a night; and frustrated my waking moments. Anyone who has worked with churches or overseen them from a denomination perspective at some point has had to […]

Last night I was having coffee with a friend as we explored Part III, Chapter 1 of Multiply, Disciples Making Disciples. The chapter is titled: Why Study the Bible? On the surface, those of us who were raised in the church don’t even consider the question, of course we study […]

Disciple Maker Assessment HGC, along with Exponential.org and Discipleship.org just released a Disciple Maker assessment which helps individuals determine where they are on the disciple making continuum. This tool is FREE and takes about 20 minutes to complete. The results are designed to help you discern your disciple making effectiveness — Jesus’ […]

Shortly after our consultation at Friendship Church in October of 2015 pastor Nathan Heady felt challenged to meet and serve the neighbors around Friendship. He began to pray over specific houses in the neighborhood surrounding the church. He prayed that their lives would be touched by Friendship. Earlier this […]

Last week I sat in a room of 5,000 church pastors and leaders, overwhelmed by the kingdom impact that such a week could have. Throughout the week, speaker after speaker stood up on the Exponential stage an encouraged the crowd to dream a big dream for the kingdom. We were […]

The Church in America is in a critical moment. The church multiplication conversation is gaining tremendous momentum through dozens of church planting networks and ongoing conversations like the one the Exponential Conference is encouraging. There is a growing hope these movements will continue to empower the Church forward to greater […]

By the time this hits your inbox Easter celebrations for 2017 will in the books. It was a tremendous day at my church home in Cincinnati, Ohio. We worshipped, welcomed first time guests, and saw life change happen throughout our facility! I hope you too are celebrating the many powerful […]

Today is Good Friday. It is a date in our calendars that marks the darkest day in human history. Take a few moments to slowly read Luke 23:44-49. “44It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, 45for the sun stopped shining. […]

“Space. The final frontier…” Sorry, my nerd is showing. For as long as I can remember I’ve loved space. My dreams of becoming an astronaut were dashed when I got glasses in the third grade and then buried even deeper when I discovered rock and roll as a teenager. I […]

I love filling a room of creative minds with the specific purpose of thinking strategically. I wholeheartedly enjoy the process of cluttering a whiteboard with hopes, dreams, goals, and plans. For me, there are few things more energizing than a creative moment like that. That is at the heart of […]